#53BC9B#53BC9B

#53BC9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.110 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BC9B
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -38.37, 7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 39.11, 168.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1078 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.11 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4641, 40.1694, 37.3101)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BC9B #BC5374

analogous

#53BC66 #53BC9B #53A8BC

triadic

#53BC9B #9B53BC #BC9B53

tetradic

#53BC9B #6653BC #BC5374 #A8BC53

square

#53BC9B #6653BC #BC5374 #A8BC53

split-complementary

#53BC9B #BC53A8 #BC6653

monochromatic

#2A6B56 #3B977A #53BC9B #7FCDB5 #ABDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53BC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#53BC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BC9B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BC9B	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.110 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1b8',
    500: '#53bc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bc9b;
$custom-light: #8cd1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72411,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BC9B

secondary

#CC9FAD

accent

#547CD4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BC9B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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